BY: Darren Cooper, Local Sports Columnist, @VarsityAces It was freshman orientation at Lodi High School and Carlos Pepin sat at a table alone. He was new to school and hadn’t made many friends. Coach Joe Romeo approached Pepin, then a lean 6-foot-1, and asked him if...

By Sean Farrell - Record Sports Department Mickey O’Malley doesn’t know the exact words on the shiny trophy now displayed on his dining room table. After all, the Golden Boot he won in Buenos Aires isn’t in English. “It says something in Spanish about the athlete that...

  By: Greg Tartaglia - Record Sports John Kelly is living life in the acceleration lane. When the 5-foot-11 right-hander began the spring, he was an all-league shortstop on a perennially strong Rutherford baseball team. By June, he was one of North Jersey’s...

  New Milford HS is seeking for nominations for their 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame class. Please send any nominations to Joseph Ricciardelli Director of Athletics. Email him at  jricciardelli@newmilfordschools.org        

Congratulations to Samantha Gioiosa, Bogota HS Ranked # 95 in the NJ.Com Top 100 High School Athletes of the 2016-17 school year Senior Volleyball, Track and Field The senior finished the season with 455 kills and helped lead Bogota to its eighth Group 1 title. Fresh...

  By: Greg Tartalia - Record Sports Department Thanks to a 10-run comeback at home, Emerson came home in the top 11. The Cavos had much to overcome in order to garner North Jersey’s Baseball Team of the Year honor. There was a 1-3 stretch in mid-May that knocked...

Record Sports: Final 2017 Baseball Rankings Congratulations to the 9 NJIC schools named in the rankings. 1. Bergen Catholic (21-6) 2. St. Joseph (21-5) 3. Don Bosco (21-8) 4. St. Mary (22-8) 5. Ridgewood (23-5) 6. Pascack Valley (22-5) 7. River Dell (21-6) 8. NV/Old...